Franck Dumas
 Dumas in 2004 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 January 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Bayeux, France | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| INF Vichy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Caen | 180 | (11) |
| 1992–1999 | Monaco | 222 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Newcastle United | 6 | (0) |
| 2000 | Marseille | 12 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Lens | 25 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Caen | 66 | (0) |
| Total | 511 | (13) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2005 | Caen (sporting director) | ||
| 2005–2012 | Caen | ||
| 2013–2014 | Arles-Avignon | ||
| 2014 | Arles-Avignon (sporting director) | ||
| 2014 | MAS Fez | ||
| 2017–2018 | Equatorial Guinea | ||
| 2018–2019 | JS Kabylie | ||
| 2019-2020 | CA Bordj Bou Arréridj | ||
| 2020–2021 | CR Belouizdad | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Franck Dumas (born 9 January 1968) is a French former professional football player who played as a defender and current football coach.
Playing career[]
Dumas was born in Bayeux, Calvados. He started his career at Stade Malherbe Caen and played there for five seasons before moving to AS Monaco. Dumas played in Jean Tigana's talented Monaco side which famously put Manchester United out of the Champions League in 1998 on away goals after a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford.[1] He was also a key part of the side that won the 1996–97 Ligue 1 title.[2]
Dumas joined Newcastle United in England in July 1999 before moving back to France to join Olympique de Marseille in January 2000.
Managerial career[]
Dumas later returned to Caen where he continued playing until his retirement in 2004, and where he would later manage.
In August 2014, Dumas was appointed as manager of Moroccan Botola side MAS Fez, on a one-year contract.[3]
Tax evasion[]
In January 2017, Dumas was sentenced in first instance to three years of jail including ten months suspended by the French Tribunal of Caen for tax evasion, after a complaint from the French taxation authority to which he owed €557,496.[4] The sentence was suspended after the judge heard Dumas' plea for mitigation which cited a gambling addiction and an "impossibly difficult" business situation.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Monaco and bust for sorry United". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Monaco 1996-97". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "MAS Fès : Franck Dumas nommé entraîneur". afrik.com/ (in French). www.afrik.com/. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "Ex-Caen coach handed three-year jail term in tax trial". sports.yahoo.com. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Cook, Richard (11 May 2017). "No game too small to rig". Asia Times. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
External links[]
- Franck Dumas at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Franck Dumas at FootballDatabase.eu
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